Santa Maria, CA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted (Zillow)

Updated on March 22, 2026.

According to data from Zillow.com, the smoothed and seasonally adjusted Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily in the Santa Maria, CA Metro in February 2026 was $3,279.106. The month over month percentage change (MoM) was -0.31%, and the year over year percentage change (YoY) was 0.69%.

The chart below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI for the Santa Maria, CA metro. The table below shows the trend of the smoothed and seasonally adjusted ZORI, and the MoM and YoY percentage changes for the Santa Maria, CA metro.

You can see similar information for other US metros, and for the United States.

Note: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) is a smoothed measure of the typical observed market rate rent across a given region. ZORI is a repeat-rent index that is weighted to the rental housing stock to ensure representativeness across the entire market, not just homes currently listed for-rent.

Data Source: Zillow.
Santa Maria, CA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted ($)
Santa Maria, CA (Metro) - Trend of Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for All Homes Plus Multifamily, Smooth and Seasonally Adjusted
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Month ZORI ($) MoM Perc. Change (%) YoY Perc. Change (%)
Jan 2015 1694.4943023579683 NaN NaN
Feb 2015 1706.5874041454479 0.71 NaN
Mar 2015 1723.2895092748724 0.98 NaN
Apr 2015 1730.7473114579288 0.43 NaN
May 2015 1750.4447923540308 1.14 NaN
Jun 2015 1756.5193637668588 0.35 NaN
Jul 2015 1761.6484557229342 0.29 NaN
Aug 2015 1766.1511699443108 0.26 NaN
Sep 2015 1770.5483318076722 0.25 NaN
Oct 2015 1780.6837119438526 0.57 NaN
Nov 2015 1799.9460951751255 1.08 NaN
Dec 2015 1826.504318897608 1.48 NaN
Jan 2016 1842.684737501734 0.89 8.74
Feb 2016 1852.195139669786 0.52 8.53
Mar 2016 1879.8736024050152 1.49 9.09
Apr 2016 1882.0726799707325 0.12 8.74
May 2016 1875.6640453044467 -0.34 7.15
Jun 2016 1861.2697919813065 -0.77 5.96
Jul 2016 1862.5083297671754 0.07 5.73
Aug 2016 1870.9758228449698 0.46 5.94
Sep 2016 1874.7554196855815 0.20 5.89
Oct 2016 1881.1259525842622 0.34 5.64
Nov 2016 1892.4127872349545 0.60 5.14
Dec 2016 1903.7195176121775 0.60 4.23
Jan 2017 1920.2998308127403 0.87 4.21
Feb 2017 1929.2924000511427 0.47 4.16
Mar 2017 1940.6752741532262 0.59 3.23
Apr 2017 1950.2372885459959 0.49 3.62
May 2017 1950.3272607834238 0.01 3.98
Jun 2017 1945.7164940063583 -0.24 4.54
Jul 2017 1944.458758791082 -0.06 4.40
Aug 2017 1946.687724004921 0.12 4.05
Sep 2017 1968.9525694124313 1.14 5.03
Oct 2017 1987.0920023754845 0.92 5.63
Nov 2017 1993.6699182602138 0.33 5.35
Dec 2017 1980.6935840815215 -0.65 4.04
Jan 2018 1975.7729042390188 -0.25 2.89
Feb 2018 1995.2378500470747 0.99 3.42
Mar 2018 2010.8085204867332 0.78 3.61
Apr 2018 2020.0084772633852 0.46 3.58
May 2018 2022.1386274611148 0.11 3.68
Jun 2018 2032.061527000682 0.49 4.44
Jul 2018 2052.772130275081 1.02 5.57
Aug 2018 2054.8795685516016 0.10 5.56
Sep 2018 2064.5520880737713 0.47 4.86
Oct 2018 2067.3248060055475 0.13 4.04
Nov 2018 2071.383251090274 0.20 3.90
Dec 2018 2077.097661776377 0.28 4.87
Jan 2019 2090.04886812661 0.62 5.78
Feb 2019 2097.42181082528 0.35 5.12
Mar 2019 2093.200142752951 -0.20 4.10
Apr 2019 2101.0585564606504 0.38 4.01
May 2019 2120.6770336395166 0.93 4.87
Jun 2019 2138.7469867247582 0.85 5.25
Jul 2019 2143.236551106505 0.21 4.41
Aug 2019 2159.224069796792 0.75 5.08
Sep 2019 2160.3450449125635 0.05 4.64
Oct 2019 2168.6958163905415 0.39 4.90
Nov 2019 2180.8776881466565 0.56 5.29
Dec 2019 2201.6857778232984 0.95 6.00
Jan 2020 2212.738814651515 0.50 5.87
Feb 2020 2218.132831873539 0.24 5.76
Mar 2020 2228.2850734454632 0.46 6.45
Apr 2020 2212.594174635026 -0.70 5.31
May 2020 2213.396801730417 0.04 4.37
Jun 2020 2223.911785377973 0.48 3.98
Jul 2020 2253.364285697045 1.32 5.14
Aug 2020 2260.979718138221 0.34 4.71
Sep 2020 2261.3061187089315 0.01 4.67
Oct 2020 2276.1019357190457 0.65 4.95
Nov 2020 2291.7279740889467 0.69 5.08
Dec 2020 2317.0206647915197 1.10 5.24
Jan 2021 2330.1815373267464 0.57 5.31
Feb 2021 2359.110027686563 1.24 6.36
Mar 2021 2388.66144810212 1.25 7.20
Apr 2021 2428.389002334582 1.66 9.75
May 2021 2467.4057070543226 1.61 11.48
Jun 2021 2497.693064105145 1.23 12.31
Jul 2021 2555.2061094474175 2.30 13.40
Aug 2021 2607.3836084703667 2.04 15.32
Sep 2021 2685.6404761022554 3.00 18.77
Oct 2021 2720.4334553880785 1.30 19.52
Nov 2021 2781.956910919095 2.26 21.39
Dec 2021 2825.6700659962135 1.57 21.95
Jan 2022 2843.4824888785174 0.63 22.03
Feb 2022 2860.787900158281 0.61 21.27
Mar 2022 2896.574144825228 1.25 21.26
Apr 2022 2973.7362843927667 2.66 22.46
May 2022 3001.0694202922887 0.92 21.63
Jun 2022 3021.888635333031 0.69 20.99
Jul 2022 2991.517037227013 -1.00 17.08
Aug 2022 3016.224149941442 0.83 15.68
Sep 2022 3007.2633271025675 -0.30 11.98
Oct 2022 3026.371401123656 0.64 11.25
Nov 2022 3021.4829461517197 -0.16 8.61
Dec 2022 3018.90723578977 -0.08 6.84
Jan 2023 3065.7422515236894 1.55 7.82
Feb 2023 3075.0988853207996 0.31 7.49
Mar 2023 3081.3637435607047 0.20 6.38
Apr 2023 3042.117772704811 -1.27 2.30
May 2023 3042.532642815797 0.01 1.38
Jun 2023 3052.5452880767953 0.33 1.01
Jul 2023 3078.0006080222306 0.83 2.89
Aug 2023 3085.826778343755 0.25 2.31
Sep 2023 3108.2110117543784 0.73 3.36
Oct 2023 3130.21368327032 0.71 3.43
Nov 2023 3118.3271590968534 -0.38 3.21
Dec 2023 3114.9951252849783 -0.11 3.18
Jan 2024 3075.261021201098 -1.28 0.31
Feb 2024 3093.2416357806387 0.59 0.59
Mar 2024 3092.491980981471 -0.02 0.36
Apr 2024 3138.286889846145 1.48 3.16
May 2024 3159.2574171759993 0.67 3.84
Jun 2024 3177.48999760893 0.58 4.09
Jul 2024 3184.132773393431 0.21 3.45
Aug 2024 3187.1192947162835 0.09 3.28
Sep 2024 3198.4090402667375 0.35 2.90
Oct 2024 3204.2567326908643 0.18 2.37
Nov 2024 3203.746411193558 -0.02 2.74
Dec 2024 3214.5282912068333 0.34 3.20
Jan 2025 3242.6878632692465 0.88 5.44
Feb 2025 3256.627936488214 0.43 5.28
Mar 2025 3269.4244541038333 0.39 5.72
Apr 2025 3257.649065263177 -0.36 3.80
May 2025 3255.9232732788537 -0.05 3.06
Jun 2025 3252.3726024042644 -0.11 2.36
Jul 2025 3259.0160651268275 0.20 2.35
Aug 2025 3265.342091875062 0.19 2.45
Sep 2025 3263.378863549174 -0.06 2.03
Oct 2025 3260.433943724923 -0.09 1.75
Nov 2025 3281.5047393750733 0.65 2.43
Dec 2025 3288.549605323203 0.22 2.30
Jan 2026 3289.263092028231 0.02 1.44
Feb 2026 3279.105659976638 -0.31 0.69